Aly Harger, 4, gets help from her father, Chris, in aiming a water balloon at one of the many game stations available for children at America's Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College's Spring Spectacular.

Home to 120 animals representing 110 species, the zoo is one of two such collegiate facilities in the country.

Halloween has taken over the Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College, for two frightfully fun weekends Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 25-26. The family-friendly event will feature trick-or-treating stations, pumpkin ...

Neil and Karma, Bengal tigers at Moorpark College's teaching zoo, will soon live in a new $3.5-million habitat. (Shelly O'Brien) A pair of Bengal tigers will soon have more territory in which to roam, ...

Last month, I asked a neighbor if he planned to attend any local Earth Day events. Perhaps in explanation of his lack of interest, he responded, “Shouldn’t every day be Earth Day?” On his next ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the ...

Take a walk through the holiday lights of the Moorpark Zoo, and you may catch a moment with the zoo’s nocturnal animals! It’s a beautiful holiday tradition that supports The Teaching Zoo at Moorpark ...

The serval did not want to go into her crate. The spotted cat's name was Naomi, she had just been weighed, and now it was time to do as she was told. "C'mon — in your crate," urged Thomas Barber, a ...

A pair of Bengal tigers will soon have more territory in which to roam, play and swim at Moorpark College’s teaching zoo after completion of a $3.5-million habitat renovation that broke ground this ...